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Everyday Life in Sevilla

Melanie — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:00:21 +0000

Everyday life in Sevilla was wonderful. How could we NOT love living in the land where the Siesta was invented?! What I didn’t realize before moving to Spain, however, is that the Siesta isn’t widely used for sleeping. Instead, between the hours of about 2 and 5pm, most people close down their businesses and use […]

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Flamenco in Sevilla

Melanie — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:00:35 +0000

Ask anyone who has ever visited Sevilla what you MUST do while you’re there, and they’ll unquestionably tell you to go see a Flamenco show. For some people, this is THE reason to travel to Andalusia, and Flamenco in Sevilla is undoubtedly the best. With dozens of shows to choose from, there’s something to fit […]

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Top Sights in Sevilla

Melanie — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:00:40 +0000

Sevilla is an absolutely fantastic place to be based for a few weeks! In addition to its wonderful churches that I wrote about in my blog post last week, it is packed with other fun sights. Our three favorite Sights in Sevilla (coming in behind the Cathedral, of course!) were the Royal Alcázar (Sevilla’s Moorish […]

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Graffiti in Sevilla

Melanie — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:00:16 +0000

Quick note: this post is coming out of sequence. We left Sevilla almost 2 weeks ago, so I’m stepping up my posts to 2 per week until I get caught up. I’ll be posting on Tuesdays and Fridays for the next month or so. Having grown up in the US, I’ve always had a negative […]

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Churches of Sevilla

Melanie — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:00:39 +0000

I’m not sure how or why my obsession with old churches in Europe in began. Maybe I like old churches because I have the soul of a very old woman (this is a running joke between Kevin and I because of some of my more quirky tendencies). We’re not sure how else to explain my affection […]

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Parade Culture in Sevilla

Melanie — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:00:48 +0000

Sevilla, Spain has an absolutely fanatical parade culture. A few nights ago, Kevin and I were having dinner and heard some woodwinds playing outside our 2nd floor apartment window. We popped out onto the balcony and saw a parade float slowly making its way past our window carrying a statue of Christ’s crucifixion! What a […]

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Buying Cookies from Nuns in Sevilla, Our Strangest Experience Yet

Melanie — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:00:01 +0000

I grew up in Kansas and call Seattle my home, so nun sightings aren’t something I’m very much accustomed to. A couple days ago, Kevin and I were standing in line to visit the Alcazar here in Sevilla, and a van full of nuns came driving across the plaza! Nuns! Driving a van! I’ve seen nuns driving minivans […]

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Freezing Our ***** off in Granada, Spain

Melanie — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:56:08 +0000

The cute little town of Granada, Spain is perhaps best known for its star attraction, the Alhambra. It’s a huge, impressive Moorish palace that can attract up to 8,000 visitors a day during high season, so we felt pretty smug about our decision to visit in the dead of winter. Little did we know that […]

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